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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera gaura
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Biennial Gaura at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaura biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-004:
Gaura biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gabi2_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_gaura_biennis_10
August Wilkes County NC
Flowers are borne on wand-like, 1-8" spikes. Buds are less than 0.8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_gaura_biennis_10b
August Wilkes County NC
4 clawed petals, 8 conspicuous stamens, a style with a 4-lobed stigma, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_gaura_biennis_11
August Wilkes County NC
A tall plant (5'+) with long branched spikes bearing many small flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera gaura
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaura biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-004:
Gaura biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
593
Forb
Winter annual/Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on roadsides, woodlands, streambanks, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pink
Bisexual
4 petals
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Indehiscent capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p138
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p149
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p185
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p110